Chapter 4 Smooth Departure
The days that don't change always fly by, and in the blink of an eye, another month has passed since the last merchant ship berthed. In the past month, Tia went out early and returned late every day, crawling and rolling on the back mountain countless times, and finally completed the preparation of materials and the planning of the departure route before the merchant ship berthed this time.
Believing that she had a passable hunting skill, she didn't prepare much food, but exchanged the prey she caught for a lot of spices. There are also a lot of bows and arrows, and each arrow also extracts toxins with different effects, including paralysis, death, and stunning.
In addition to weapons and food, she also prepared herbs with various effects for emergency use. Even if something special happens on the way to Sava City, these herbs will be enough to deal with.
Today, the men of Sava are partly working in the fields and partly hunting in the mountains, while the women are looking forward to it. As long as the merchant ships arrived, the women would all leave, and the men would naturally take care of the fields before hunting in the mountains when the fields were untended, and Tia would have the best time to leave!
In order to get the news of the arrival of the merchant ship as soon as possible and to ensure that there was no one behind the mountain, Tia did not stay in her cabin. It was so far away from the village that even with her good eyesight, she couldn't see the village in time.
But she couldn't go to the place where the merchant ships were anchored herself. Because thanks to her mother, almost every crew member knows her portrait, and once she appears in the crew's sight, they will definitely report the news. Although the probability of having someone in the crew who can catch up with her eyesight is very small, there is no absolute in everything, and it is better to be cautious.
With all these considerations, Tia decided to stay on the way back and forth with the rotating people.
Because the time of each arrival of merchant ships is uncertain, in order to ensure that the news is received in time when the merchant ships arrive, Sama Village arranges for people to be stationed on duty every day.
As soon as the people on duty sent back the news, the women who had been in the farmland would rush home, put on the clothes they had prepared long ago, take a basket of carefully prepared handicrafts, and run happily to the small and beautiful "wharf" in Sama Village.
For more than a decade, the people of Sama Village have done just that.
Today, of course, is no exception.
Without exception, Tia's plan went ahead as expected.
Because there is a hurry, the people on duty take the shortcut, which is much more convenient and narrow than the main road. It's fine for one or two people to pass here, but of course a large army of women can't go through here. Therefore, when the person who was determined to be on duty passed, Tia was not afraid of being seen again, so she naturally left here and made a detour to the back mountain.
In the past, because there were women in the family to take care of the farmland, many men would choose to spend a day in the back mountains. There are many beasts here, and at the end of the day, a little luck can add a bit of meat to the home.
But today is different, the women and children have gone to the "docks", and there is no one to take care of the farmland. Therefore, it is customary to say that on this day, after the men learn the news of the anchorage of the merchant ships, they will end their hunting early and go down the mountain to take care of the farmland, which can be regarded as a small vacation for their wives who work hard every day.
For more than a decade, this has almost become a custom in the village of Savoie, and no one will go against it alone.
Of course, Old Yam and Tia are not counted, after all, they are a family excluded by the village, and their lives and transportation are basically independent.
And because of their experience, basically no one will blatantly do different things with everyone in the village.
Tia, who had been unimpeded all the way, also realized this.
Thanks to this month's exploration, she left the confines of Sama Village smoothly according to the determined route.
The moment he crossed the back mountain, the package that had been pressing on Tia's heart for a month disappeared in an instant. For her, leaving is not only the village that confines her, but also the shadow of her mother that has been hanging over her heart since she was a child. When this step was taken, Tia felt a sense of relief.
From this day onwards, everything that has gone in the past will be buried in the earth with the disappearance of the poor girl named Tia. What remains will be a new Tia, an adventurer curious about the wizarding world.
She suddenly remembered the words on the first page of her diary:
"Magic is the bridge of discovery, the arm of creation, the key to the door of the world. Swear as a sorcerer and spend your life exploring the truth of this world! Thou shalt shed the last drop of thy blood to defend the faith of the truth with all thy might! Thou shalt not be afraid, thou shalt not be afraid, for thou hast stood before mankind, and thou hast attained the highest honor and freedom!"